#3134 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha california

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Nick Block · CC BY 4.0
2. © roy pilcher · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Alan Liang · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Lucas County, OH, USA:© Jackie Riley · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Regional Municipality of Peel, ON, Canada:© bob15noble · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Halton Hills, ON, CA:© Kevin Kerr · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Fairfax, CA 94930, USA:© Gina Farr · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. The Presidio, San Francisco, CA, US:© Liam O'Brien · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Lucas County, OH, USA:© Jackie Riley · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Sonoma County, CA, USA:© Tony Iwane · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Coenonympha california , also known as the California ringlet or common ringlet , is a species of butterfly native to North America. Although it has previously been considered a subspecies of Coenonympha tullia , genetic testing suggests it is a separate species. Larvae feed on grasses.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,192iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).